The Prospects of Art in the United States: An Address Before the Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia, at the Opening of Their Exhibition, May, 1840, Volume 299Artists' society, 1840 - 45 pages |
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... western world , who , at home , listened incredulously to high - wrought descriptions of the great masters , has , in one hour spent between the Transfiguration and the Communion of St. Jerome , felt within him the birth of a passion ...
... western world , who , at home , listened incredulously to high - wrought descriptions of the great masters , has , in one hour spent between the Transfiguration and the Communion of St. Jerome , felt within him the birth of a passion ...
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... western world , stripped of half its mechanical arrangements , and capable of a more ready and useful adaptation ... West , Copely , Stuart , Allston , Newton , Harding , Cole , Greenough , Inman , and others , * of whose talents my ...
... western world , stripped of half its mechanical arrangements , and capable of a more ready and useful adaptation ... West , Copely , Stuart , Allston , Newton , Harding , Cole , Greenough , Inman , and others , * of whose talents my ...
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... countries of the old world , live upon the Arts alone ; and our Artists , if properly encouraged , would , instead ... West's Death of Wolfe , produced a gain of not less than fourteen thousand pounds . The influence of Art upon ...
... countries of the old world , live upon the Arts alone ; and our Artists , if properly encouraged , would , instead ... West's Death of Wolfe , produced a gain of not less than fourteen thousand pounds . The influence of Art upon ...
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... world . It would be a matter of regret , if our countrymen should be found less liberal than the people of other ... West , whose name was rendered illustrious by the generous opportu- nities extended to him in a foreign land , for the ...
... world . It would be a matter of regret , if our countrymen should be found less liberal than the people of other ... West , whose name was rendered illustrious by the generous opportu- nities extended to him in a foreign land , for the ...
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